#AEA83B#AEA83B

#AEA83B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.129 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA83B
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 59)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, -11.25, 54.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 55.99, 101.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.0359 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.129 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2488, 37.3208, 9.6417)
Luminance	0.3732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA83B #3B41AE

analogous

#AE6F3B #AEA83B #7AAE3B

triadic

#AEA83B #3BAEA8 #A83BAE

tetradic

#AEA83B #3BAE6F #3B41AE #AE3B7A

square

#AEA83B #3BAE6F #3B41AE #AE3B7A

split-complementary

#AEA83B #3B7AAE #6F3BAE

monochromatic

#53501C #807C2C #AEA83B #C8C35E #D8D48C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#AEA83B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#AEA83B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA83B

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA83B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA83B	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A22C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea83b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.129 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c177',
    500: '#aea83b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea83b;
$custom-light: #c9c177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea83b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.87,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7161,
    "c": 0.12876,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA83B

secondary

#8286C2

accent

#56D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA83B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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